Surgical belt or device for the treatment of movable kidneys and other like purposes.



I E. W. SALT. SURGICAL BELT 0R DEVICE FOR THE TREATMENT OF MOVABLE KIDNEYS AND OTHER LIKE PURPOSES.

APPLICATION FILEI) MAYZO, 1911.

Patented J an. 9, 1912.

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E. W. SALT.

SURGICAL BELT 0R DEVICE FOR THE TREATMENT OF MOVABLE KIDNEYS AND OTHER LIKE PURPOSES.

' APPLIGATION FILED MAY 20, 1911.

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COLUMBIA FLA'NDGRAPHI $0., WASHINGTON. D c.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD WILLIAM SALT, OF BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

SURGICAL BELT 0R DEVICE FOR THE TREATMENT OF MOVABLE KIDNEYS AND OTHER LIKE PURPOSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 20, 1911.

Patented Jan. 9, 1912.

Serial No. 628,499.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD WILLIAM SALT, a subject of the Kingdom of Great Britain, residing at -5 Cherry street, Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, England, orthopedic specialist, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in or Relating to Surgical Belts or Devices for the Treatment of Movable Kidneys and other Like Purposes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention comprises certain improvements in or relating to surgical belts or devices for the treatment of movable kidneys and other like purposes, in which surgical belts or appliances is provided a pad or pads or pneumatic cushions.

The pad or cushion may be disposed on the inner side of the belt and the spring in the form of a plate spring disposed on the outer side of the belt, being secured at its one extremity to the'belt in such a manner that upon its being strapped or secured around or close up against the belt, the pressure of the spring is exerted through the belt and upon the pad I or cushion to thereby press or force the latter into the body for the purpose or purposes for which it is designed.

In order that this invention may be clearly understood and more readily carried into practice reference may be had to the appended explanatory two sheets of drawings, upon which Figure 1 is a general view illustrating in use a belt having the present improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2 illustrates the means hereinafter described for securing the pad spring to the belt. Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional side elevation of the parts shown in Figs. 2 and 3 but in the position which they assume when the spring is secured. Fig. 5 is a sectional plan of the belt showing the pad spring released. Fig. 6 is a sectional plan of the belt showing the pad spring in the secured condition.

The spring a may be disposed at the front of the belt in a substantially horizontal position its free end a when fastened occupying a position at or near the center of the belt, while it is directly secured to the belt at its extremity b nearest the side of the wearer. In order to provide for the eflicient attachment of the spring a to the belt in such a manner as to enable the belt at all parts to lie close against the body of the wearer without being displaced therefrom when the spring is constrained, the spring is secured centrally to a vertical spring strip 0 or plate which is secured at its upper and lower extremities to the belt. Throughout the distance between its upper and lower extremities the said plate is curved or depressed toward the belt as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 5 so that when the pad spring is constrained against the resistance of the pad or cushion, the tendency of its secured end I) to lift the plate a away from the belt has the efl'ect of simply straightening that plate as shown at Figs. 4 and 6 instead of causing it to bulge outwardly, the stress being taken at the ends of the plate at which it is secured to the belt. Furthermore each extremity of the plate a is made in the form of a short lateral tongue d projecting in a direction away from that in which the spring a lies when fastened. The means for securing the plate to the belt is continued around these tongues d by whichmeans a tendency to lever the far edge e of the plate away'from the belt is substantially counteracted, the intention being to enable the belt to lie close up against the wearer and also to provide for the plate being even at its outer edge e fiat up against the bolt without being in any way displaced or tilted away therefrom, even when the spring a is constrained.

At the outer or far edge e of the belt between the upper and lower tongues 03 a third central and broader tongue f is advantageously provided; this third tongue is curved inwardly in a direction toward the belt as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The object of this is firstly to strengthen the spring of the plate 0 between its upper and lower extremities and secondly to enable the plate to better conform with the curve of the belt when in use.

The plate C may be secured to the belt by stitching it through perforations around the edge of each extremity and the pad spring a may be riveted centrally to the plate 0 and may be at a slight incline having at its other extremity a an eye or slot 9 adapted to receive a strap 9 by which it is drawn into a position contiguous to the belt. The belt may be stiffened to appropriately distribute the effort of the spring a and the pad h on the inner side thereof if of the inflated type may be contained in a silk or other pocket or covering. Such a pad may be substantially rectangular in elevation but at the outside lower corner h the lower edge inclines upwardly from about the center to a point a little below the middle of the outer side, the object of this being to give the pad 72, or cushion a more appropriate form and to better adapt it for the purpose to which it is applied.

What I- claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A surgical belt or device including a cushion, a spring adapted to operate upon said cushion, and a plate for securing said spring to the belt, said plate being secured to the belt at its upper and lower extremities and being in the form of a spring curved inwardly at its central part when the spring is released.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses. EDWARD WILLIAM SALT. Witnesses:

ARTHUR H. BROWN, HoLLIs F. BROWN.

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